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The Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1983: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 9, 1983Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 July 1983362,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
362,054 km224,970 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1983 is on Saturday, June 25, 1983 at 08:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 3, 198312:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 10, 198312:19

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Saturday, July 9, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1983 to the new moon of July 10, 1983, a cycle of 29.32 days.